Manny Machado's two-run double in the eighth gave San Diego the lead and the Padres rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Monday in the first game of a split doubleheader.
ATLANTA — Manny Machado 's two-run double in the eighth gave San Diego the lead and the Padres rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Monday in the first game of a split doubleheader.
Marcell Ozuna and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers in the third inning for Atlanta, which had 12 hits after being held to a combined two runs and 11 hits while losing the first two games of the series. The homers by Ozuna and Olson to open a three-run third marked the first time Cease has allowed more than one long ball in a game this season. He had given up only three in his first nine starts.López allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings in the matchup against Cease, his former Chicago White Sox teammate.
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